title: The association of resilience with mental and physical health among older American Indians: the Native Elder Care Study.
abstract: We examined the association of resilience with measures of mental and physical health in a sample of older American Indians (AIs). A validated scale measuring resilience was administered to 185 noninstitutionalized AIs aged>=55 years. Unadjusted analyses revealed that higher levels of resilience were associated with lower levels of depressive symptomatology and chronic pain, and with higher levels of mental and physical health. Resilience remained significantly associated with depressive symptomatology after controlling for demographic and other health measures. Our findings suggest that resilience among older AIs has important implications for some aspects of mental and physical health.
authors.affiliation: Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center at 1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. schuremarc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marc B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Schure
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odden
authors.forename: R Turner
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Goins
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology